Summary
Background
I received my BSc degree in 2000 in Mechanical Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology supervised by late Prof. HR Daghyani. Between 2000 and 2004, I worked as a Research Engineer at IKCO where I was involved in research and development work on a number of projects for automotive industry. I returned to academia in 2004 and joined the School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University to do my MPhil in Medical Engineering, supervised by Prof. W Balachandran and Dr P Slijepcevic. I did my PhD in Medical Physics in the School of Medicine, Swansea University, supervised by Prof. H Griffiths and Dr PD Ledger. After completing my PhD in 2010, I joined National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, as a Research Associate where I currently work with Prof. Darrel Francis.
Research Interests
Medical imaging; Image reconstruction (Discrete inverse problems); Image processing; Scientific computing; GPU programming; Numerical methods (Finite element and Finite difference).
Active research
My current research interests centre on ultrasound imaging and echocardiography:
- Speckle tracking in echocardiography
- Cardiac Strain Imaging (Elastography)
- Real-time image processing
- Parallel processing, GPU programming
Completed research
- Magnetic induction tomography for brain imaging
- Diagnostic microchips for point-of-care analysis
- Diamond-like Carbon Coating (DLC)
Recognition and Awards
- Biography appeared in Marquis Who's Who in the World 2011 for achievements in the field of Medical Imaging
- Article published in Physiological Measurements selected as highlight of 2010
- EPSRC PhD scholarship (2007-2010)
- NHS Trust studentship (2007-2010)
- WestFocus MPhil scholarship (2005-2007)
Professional Activities
- Reviewer: Physiological Measurement (IOP); Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (Springer); Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (Springer) ; International Journal of High Performance Computing (SAGE); International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging (Springer)
In the News
- Magnetic measurements home in on stroke, medicalphysicsweb (IOP), Aug 25, 2010
- Simulation of Haemorrhagic Stroke Detection using MIT, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) Scope magazine (to appear)
Other Activities
In the copious time remaining, I like to jog and play gentle tennis.
Publications
Journals
Labs RB, Vrettos A, Loo J, et al., 2022, Automated assessment of transthoracic echocardiogram image quality using deep neural networks, Intelligent Medicine, ISSN:2667-1026
Ribeiro HDM, Arnold A, Howard JP, et al., 2022, ECG-based real-time arrhythmia monitoring using quantized deep neural networks: A feasibility study, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol:143, ISSN:0010-4825
Howard J, Stowell C, Cole G, et al., 2021, Automated left ventricular dimension assessment using artificial intelligence developed and validated by a UK-wide collaborative, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Vol:14, ISSN:1941-9651, Pages:405-415
Azarmehr N, Ye X, Howard JP, et al., 2021, Neural architecture search of echocardiography view classifiers, Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol:8, ISSN:2329-4302
Conference
Stowell C, Howard J, Demetrescu C, et al., 2021, Fully automated global longitudinal strain assessment using artificial intelligence developed and validated by a UK-wide echocardiography expert collaborative, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Pages:2-2, ISSN:0195-668X